March 2009 Refined. Simplified. Expanded. SAP Business One a Glance

© SAP 2009 – SAP Business One a Glance / Page 2 What SAP Business One 8.8 Delivers. Refined Architecture Simplified Experience Expanded Flexibility Crystal Reports Integration Greater reliability to support your business growth Even easier to use and maintain More adaptable to your industry specific needs The reporting standard of choice for small businesses

© SAP 2009 – SAP Business One a Glance / Page 3 Refined Product Architecture Encapsulation & modularization of B1 architecture; new business engine modeling for high product reliability A solid foundation ready to support growth Enhanced Transaction Management New business transaction controls & preventions; enhanced business transaction flows Better control of the business Improved System Performance Performance boost for marketing documents; new data archiving for database optimization Faster actions, quicker results Unified Product Code Base Merger of A and B cluster code lines into a single code base; unify releases of all products & add-ons Reduced complexity Refined Architecture Greater reliability to support your business growth What 8.8 Delivers What Your Business Needs

© SAP 2009 – SAP Business One a Glance / Page 4 Minimum user training Easy diagnosis Quick, hassle-free upgrade No system disruption Simplified Experience An intuitive application made even easier to use and maintain Redesigned User Interface New product skin / look & feel; simplified navigation between items in documents Intuitive Troubleshooting New, intuitive error messages; enhanced system logging & error tracing Seamless Patch & Upgrade Installation One-click patch & upgrade installation; new, harnessed patch & upgrade process Backed By Free Remote Support Platform for SAP Business One Proactive system monitoring & notification; automatic system backup, maintenance and repair What 8.8 Delivers What Your Business Needs

© SAP 2009 – SAP Business One a Glance / Page 5 Easy to change and adapt Address industry-specific needs Greater development flexibility Expanded Flexibility Adaptability that meets your industry-specific needs Expanded and Enhanced SDK New business objects available in SDK; new SDK performance enhancements More Flexible Development Environment Modularized business logic; expanded access to system UI and process APIs New Tools for Industry-Specific Solutions Solution Packager for packaging & configuring solutions; Company Wizard for simplifying new installations What 8.8 Delivers What Your Business Needs

SAP Business One 2007 New customers and those current on maintenance will receive a free copy of Crystal Reports Basic 2008 for SAP Business One Includes Crystal Reports viewer, one designer license Product is licensed for use only with SAP Business One data and related software solution partner data Works with Xcelsius software (sold separately) to create interactive dashboards Crystal Reports can be integrated with SAP Business One 2007 via an integration add-on which can be downloaded for free from the SDN SAP Business One 8.8 Integration between SAP Business One and Crystal Reports includes: Built-in Crystal Reports Viewer One license for Crystal Reports Designer Works with Xcelsius software (sold separately) to create interactive dashboards XL Reporter, Query Wizard, Query Generator, and Print Layout Designer (PLD) remain in SAP Business One Advanced Layout Designer phase out Long-term Plan for 2010 and Beyond Evolve to a single, unified, and integrated printing and reporting solution based on Business Objects technology Crystal Reports Integration SAP Business One now comes standard with industry leader Crystal Reports © SAP 2009 – SAP Business One a Glance / Page 6

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